11 Amendments of Edouard MARTIN related to 2015/2108(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Given that over EUR 1 trillion needs to be invested in the EU energy sector by 2020 alone, and knowing that for every euro not invested in the energy infrastructure before 2020, 4.3 euro would be needed after 2020 to achieve the same goals, it is time to intensify our measures for transforming our energy infrastructure into a smart, well connected, efficient and secure grid, ready to fully grasp and share the advantages of sustainable energy production, meanwhile avoiding shifting the burdens on to the future generations;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance, with a view to continuing to develop interconnections, of ensuring that cost-benefit studies are systematically carried out on a project-by- project basis, that local stakeholders be consulted in compliance with the Aarhus Convention and that appropriate financing be put in place;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. When trying to solve bottle necks in the grid, attention should also be given to energy efficiency measures; it should be assessed whether the goals in terms of security of supply cannot be reached in a more sustainable and cost-effective way by reducing energy demand, raising energy efficiency or applying demand side management; this to ensure that energy efficiency projects are competing on equal terms with infrastructural projects developing costly new transmission lines or interconnections;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that projects on the PCI list benefit from preferential regulatory treatment, fast-track planning, a binding time limit of 3.5 years for the granting of a permit and faster environmental assessment procedures, and may also be eligible for extra funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), asks the Commission to make an assessment on how this fast-track planning is implemented and complied with in all Member States;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. StressWelcomes the importance of more interconnection between Spain and France to support the renewables in the region, whilst minimising problems and delays by using the BAT in order to preserve the environment and still increase interconnectivity; notes the Madrid Declaration, signed on 4 March 2015,"Madrid Declaration", signed on 4 March 2015 and the agreement on the "Common strategy paper for the development of the interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with the internal electricity market and beyond between the TSOs of France, Spain and Portugal as an important step towards increasing the region's interconnectivity;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Acknowledges that the current interconnection capacity between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe (2800MW) is too low to enable Spain and Portugal to fully participate in the internal electricity market as pointed out in ACER´s Opinion on the draft ENTSO- E Ten Year Network Development Plan 1 a ; __________________ 1aOpinion of the Agency for the cooperation of Energy Regulators nº01/2015, of 29 January 2015 on the ENTSO-E Draft Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2014, p.32.
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Underlines the need to overcome the current situation of energy island experienced by the Iberian Peninsula in order to support an ambitious level of deployment of renewables in the region; recognises that mainland Europe would benefit from the electricity based on RES at competitive prices available in the Iberian market;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recognises that the projects currently included both in the ENTSO-E TYNDP 2014 and in the European Commission´s 2015 PCI list are not enough to reach the European interconnection target between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe; urges the TEN-E Regional Group and the Commission to include the projects agreed upon under the Madrid Declaration in the upcoming PCI 2015 list in order to significantly increase the capacity between Spain and France;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that in order to develop the infrastructures needed to reach the 10% interconnection target between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe, these infrastructures should be prioritised and benefit from the full support available at the European level, notably through the Connecting Europe Facility, the Structural Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investment;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to carry out a study of the benefits of the interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with France, the United Kingdom, Italy and countries of the South Bank of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that Europe's energy system has evolved since 2002, when the 10 % electricity interconnection target was originally set – in particular, renewable energy sources have been developed across the continent; questions in this context a 15 % target based on installed capacity for 2030; asks the Commission, therefore, to assess the setting of regional, complementary targets and to find better qualitative and quantitative benchmarks, such as peak flows and bottlenecks and cross border disparities in load factors and production capacity and renewable production potential, that highlight how much interconnection is needed;